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Being a conser- vative at heart, however, I shall mere- ly climb out a little way and suggest that his performance in the Paumon- ok Handicap was as sparkling as any- thing I've seen in a long time. I'd \ .f be surprised if anybody who saw hin1 win at Jamaica last Saturday wouldn't agree with me. Johnstown took the lead quickly and, running in perfect rhythm, won by half a dozen lengths with his ears waggling-a sign, if you be- lieve old horsemen, that the race was just play for him. No- body was surprised or upset when Pagliacci, to whom Johnstown gave twenty pounds accurd- ing to the scale, finished second, but there were mutterings about The Chief, who ran abominably. N ow all that Johnstown has to do to become favorite for the Kentucky Derby -if those fast-working betting com- missioners haven't made him that al- ready-is to win the Wood Memorial Stakes a week from this Saturday. I ex- pect he'll do that easily. There's still a faint doubt about his stamina, although he galloped a mile after the Pau- mop ok stoutly enough. To the steadi- ly diminishing number of people who suggest that the mile and a quarter of the Derby may be beyond Johnstown's powers, Fitzsimmons, his trainer, simply says, "How do you know he can't go the distance?" Which, I confess, rather stumps me. The only things I really don't like about Johnstown are that he's lop-eared (his ears are not exactly mule-like, but they keep him from being quite the handsomest three-year-old out), and that he runs in blinkers. Now, SOlne horses must wear blinkers because they are fainthearted and won't do their best if they see another animal racing beside them; others because they flinch when they see a whip waved or just won't run straight anyhow. Invariably the hood means that the wearer has become cun- ning, or something. Blinkers came into general use in the Middle West about forty years ago, and a few old-timers rem em ber the excite- ment caused by the first set. It was made of bright red cloth with white patent-leather eyecups and black bind- ing. The effect was startling-rather :..: .......: , ' :: ';, : : F:> , .. '\,... ,}l I I I ;::.::.. like that of a Tibetan devil dancer's mask, I imagine. Anyhow, the blinkers were used on an old rogue who had to be led to the post, and when the other horses arrived at the barrier a bit later most of them took one look and ran away. I T seemed a pity that EI Chico had to be beaten on the opening day of the season. There was a crowd four deep around him at saddling time, and madcaps wagered on him at 1-7, either from senti- ment, because he had won for them in all of his seven starts last year, or just to get supper _" money. Had EI Chico been _:. =- the colt he was last August, he could have given Gilded Knight ten pounds and led him by lengths all the way. As it was, he was hurried along from the start-he stuln- bled slightly coming out of the stall gate -and tired in the last furlong. Even if he had finished first, he might have been disqualified, for when Gilded Knight came up to him in the stretch, \Vall, El Chico's jockey, waved his whip danger- ously close to Gilded Knight's no.se, and that, if you know your Rules of Racing, is a foul. Curiously, Jamaica never was a lucky track for champion two-year- olds. Top Flight lost her first race there; so did Sarazen, who everyone had expected would win the Kentucky Derby in 1924; and Pompoon wasn't much good after he won the Paumonok two years ago. I can't even guess whether EI Chico wIll run for the Wood Stakes. He isn't in the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace this Saturday, which at the mo- ment seems a softer spot. Maybe he will just give the whole thing up. N OTES ON AN OLD RACE CARD: Fitzsimmons having a big day.. He won with Gilded Knight and J ohns- town, and left Jamaica just before Sun Egret beat Fighting Fox. . . . Racego- ers complaining about the casual train service. . . . Herbert Swope thinking up solutions for the motor-traffic problem.. . . . "\Tilliam Ziegler, Jr., accepting con- gratulations for winning the first race of the season. . . . Meade finishing last on Limitation. . . . The newsreel cam- eramen calculating the footage wasted on close ups of EI Chico..... Colonel Martingale looking fur better Derby fa- vorites. -AlJDAX 1\1INoR